Jacob Eckhardt

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Jacob Eckhardt (February 7, 1835 – November 1, 1881) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1879 and 1880 sessions.{{cite web|url=http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |title=Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 – 1999 |publisher=State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |page=47 |accessdate=2015-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404052836/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |archivedate=April 4, 2015 }} Eckhardt was born on February 7, 1835.{{cite book|title=Wisconsin Blue Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-xCAQAAMAAJ&q=Jacob+Eckhardt%2C+Jr.%2BWisconsin+1880&pg=PA511|publisher=David Atwood|year=1880|page=511|accessdate=2015-07-28}} He was a Republican.{{cite news|title=Candidates |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24255268/jacob_eckhardt_18351881/|newspaper=The Oshkosh Northwestern |date=November 23, 1880|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = October 4, 2018 }} {{Open access}}

Eckhardt was badly wounded in a shooting in 1874.{{cite news|title=Wisconsin Items: The Vernon County Censor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24255310/jacob_eckhardt_18351881/|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |date=October 10, 1874|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = October 4, 2018 }} {{Open access}} He died unexpectedly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1881, and his death was attributed to the old injury.{{cite news|title=Casualties |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24228293/jacob_eckhardt_18351881/|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |date=November 2, 1881|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = October 3, 2018 }} {{Open access}}